Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Last Wish, by Andrzej Sapkowski

7 reviews

jmeyers888's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Blood, Death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence, Trafficking, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, and Rape

nikoc7's review

I couldn't get past the casual misogyny, also the writing isn't very good on top of the weird timeline with often no context to guide you with. 

Spoiler

Also what was the author thinking when he wrote a joke about the main character sleeping with a 14 y.o. princess recently turned back from a stryga who he says has the mental development of a 4y.o.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Adult/minor relationship

knerys's review

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Deadnaming, Genocide, Gore, Child abuse, Child death, Murder, Misogyny, Animal death, and Violence

Minor: Torture, Suicide, and Sexual violence

iristhefae's review

adventurous dark reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Blood, Death, Cursing, and Incest

katmahalia's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

I will be completely honest and say I didn’t follow the plot of the short stories that closely because I listened to the audiobook while playing video games, but from what I heard I really enjoyed it. The pacing did not feel too slow as it can in fantasy adventuring stories, and the action never felt disjointed or separated from the plot. And I liked the whole the-princesses-are-the-monsters twist on fairy tale plots, it was a nice nod to the fact that every fairy tale and legend has a bigger story behind it. 

My only gripe: the love interests are not interesting or lovely, mostly just annoying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Medical trauma, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Incest, Injury/injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Trafficking, Xenophobia, and Ableism

Minor: Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, and War

addedeemus's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Murder

Minor: Rape, Child abuse, and Kidnapping

myladyreads's review

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

I loved this!  I read this because of the TV show, but I had no problem separating the TV show from the books.  I was picturing the TV characters as the characters in the books.  

I really enjoyed how some of the stories in this book were clearly based on classic fairytales. The stories did a good job of alluding to the stories without being direct retellings

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Minor: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Incest, Infertility, Rape, and Sexual assault